Frogs and bands

Today's pond walk included daylilies; all those buds of yesterday are now in flower

Jewelweed in flower

Frogs galore, you see them looking at you? And circles where they just dived under

The pond was crowded, but I only saw a couple of turtles today.

Home again, and I got going on the latest band 

It's moving quickly and I'm developing some skills at maintaining an even width. I'm liking this, and I'm also liking being at the narrowband loom again.

We recently had a discussion about the saying that if a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing badly. 

My bandweaving is a case in point. I'm not yet very good at it, but it's worth doing. The notion that a thing's only worth doing if you can do it well is a false position. Even if your best isn't yet very good, it's still worth doing. 

My hill, on which I'll die!

 

Happy day, making stuff. I may make another whistle lanyard similarly. I think I have another whistle.

 

Nature notes, and cake

Early morning walk, so glad I pushed myself out before the heat set in. Me and many birds and frogs at the pond. There were a lot of branches down from the storm and many more frogs, leaping into the pond at my approach, clearly approving the weather. Three drakes fussing about there, too. I wonder if the ducks are home busy with ducklings.

More wild daylilies

 and the jewelweed has started

That pocket-shaped blossom is very much like the sage blossom. I must check the name of the shape and see if it's a family.

One of my neighbors not only plants herbs, she labels them 

This is the first sighting I think I've had of rue.

On the way home, dandelions added to the daily bouquet 

Home to read These Old Shades, ancient Georgette Heyer, and bake cake, which is called bread because I bake it in a loaf pan, but who am I kidding. 

Banana bread but with pumpkin instead of banana,  crushed walnuts, dried cranberries.  Very nutritious! I used whole wheat flour. 

Perfect breakfast food. Or afternoon tea. Any time, really. With a spoonful of yogurt mixed with lemon juice and cane sugar, it's dessert. It's the Swiss army knife of breads.

Happy day everyone, enjoy whatever you're up to, hoping it's trouble, sez 

Big U and Ted

Summer solstice, waiting for fridgot, Textiles and Tea, wild finds

 

Yesterday's walk yielded early fungi

The first jewelweed of this year

And beds of wild daylilies, always a few days earlier than the cultivated ones.

Speaking of which, you can either buy spiderwort at the nursery or let it crop up as it will. This is cultivated 

Textiles and Tea yesterday was mainly talking, very sparse on slides, but here's what I gleaned

And the new fridge arrived, very good installation team, old fridge  gone, and here's the lovely new one in place and working fine. 

Left is Handsome Son making me a welcome cup of tea.

Happy day everyone, hoping for no drama..